232, Lot: 281. Estimate $100. Sold for $155. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Macrianus. Usurper, AD 260-261. Antoninianus (22mm, 3.83 g, 6h). Samosata mint. 1st emission. IMP FVL MACRIANVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right / Spes advancing left, holding flower and lifting hem of skirt; star to left. RIC V 13 var. (obv. legend); MIR 44, 1743b var. (same); RSC 13a var. (same). VF, brown surfaces, a bit rough.

From the Elliott-Kent Collection.